EVENT: ENGLISH-LANGUAGE CLERGY RETREAT in Bavaria on the FOUR LAST THINGS

WHEN: Monday 4 May 2015, 6pm - Friday 8 May 2015, 1pm

FOR WHOM: Not only priests, diocesan or not, but any English-speaking consecrated men are welcome, including deacons, religious and seminarians (cum permissione superiorum), irrespective of nationality and country of residence.

WHERE: Diocesan Marian Shrine of Wigratzbad in the diocese of Augsburg, Bavaria (South Germany) at the Pilgerheim Sankt Josef. Across the street is the Motherhouse of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, home to our first international seminary, where 80 young men are currently preparing for the priesthood.

THEME (all in English):
Death, Judgment, Hell and Heaven. No one ends up in Hell against their will. According to God’s bounty, our destination is eternal happiness with Him, provided we strive to correspond to God’s grace according to our specific mission as consecrated men.

BY WHOM: Every year, Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP preaches a retreat or leads a pilgrimage for clergy: 13 attended last year; 15 the year before. Mostly diocesan priests from the UK. Our local Ordinary, Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, kindly supports those retreats.

2) Separately from our UK group: Please make your own way to Pilgerheim Sankt Josef. Nearest railway station is HERGATZ (1 mile from Wigratzbad), on the Munich-Lindau-Zurich line. Zurich and Munich airports are 2h drive from Wigratzbad. Memmingen and Friedrichshafen airports are 40mn drive from Wigratzbad.

SCHEDULE:
One conference preached in English in the morning and another one in the afternoon. Daily Eucharistic adoration at the shrine (with optional Rosary). Private Masses in the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form as you prefer. Latin Compline (on option: EF Divine Office and Community Mass with the 80 seminarians). Meals in silence with table readings. Optional private meeting with Retreat Master. Several English speaking confessors.